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Dwarf White Isopod
Trichorhina sp.
The king of tropical terrarium clean-up crews. This tiny, blind isopod burrows deep and digests mold, feces, and dead matter, keeping the soil spotless.
Class:Malacostraca
Order:Isopoda
Family:Platyarthridae
Genus:Trichorhina
Species:Trichorhina sp.*
Formerly known as:Trichorhina sp.
* Source-reviewed taxonomy (GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, 2026-07-24): GBIF recognises Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908 as an accepted genus. Dwarf White Isopod is a trade group, not evidence for an identified species.
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Environment
Terrestrial
Humidity
60 - 90 %
Ambient temperature
25 °C
Day temperature
22 - 26 °C
Night temperature
18 - 20 °C
Substrate depth
>= 5 cm
UVB
None
Species description
Geographic Origin and Habitat: No additional source-verified editorial notes are available about geographic origin and habitat for Trichorhina sp.. Consult this record's parameters and sources.
Taxonomy and Genetics: No additional source-verified editorial notes are available about taxonomy and genetics for Trichorhina sp.. Consult this record's parameters and sources.
Behaviour and Habits: No additional source-verified editorial notes are available about behaviour and habits for Trichorhina sp.. Consult this record's parameters and sources.
Morphology and Sexual Dimorphism: No additional source-verified editorial notes are available about morphology and sexual dimorphism for Trichorhina sp.. Consult this record's parameters and sources.
Care, breeding and tankmates
Terrarium Setup: Guidance about terrarium setup for Trichorhina sp. must rely exclusively on the parameters and sources listed on this record.
Lighting and Heating: Guidance about lighting and heating for Trichorhina sp. must rely exclusively on the parameters and sources listed on this record.
Humidity and Hydration: Guidance about humidity and hydration for Trichorhina sp. must rely exclusively on the parameters and sources listed on this record.
Feeding and Supplementation: Guidance about feeding and supplementation for Trichorhina sp. must rely exclusively on the parameters and sources listed on this record.
Compatibility and Coexistence: Guidance about compatibility and coexistence for Trichorhina sp. must rely exclusively on the parameters and sources listed on this record.
Health and Common Diseases: Guidance about health and common diseases for Trichorhina sp. must rely exclusively on the parameters and sources listed on this record.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
This species originates from: Pantropicale (America Centrale / Caraibi, ma cosmopolita).
Origin
Cosmopolitan or introducedCentral America and Caribbean
Terrestrial invertebrate profile
- Diet
- No verified data available
- Life expectancy
- No verified data available
- Adult size
- 0.5 cm
- Lifestyle/Microhabitat
- No verified data available
- Activity cycle
- No verified data available
- Sociality
- No verified data available
- Reproduction
- No verified data available
- Venom level
- No verified data available
- Handling tolerance
- No verified data available
- Brumation
- No verified data available
- Molting
- No verified data available
The catalog's scalar value is 0.5 cm. The TC Insects — dwarf Trichorhina/Trichoniscus trade cultures source reports a maximum adult measurement of 0.5 cm for this species, recorded as body length. The source uses the same informal designation Trichorhina sp.; it should not be read as a formally described binomial. These figures are not interchangeable: the first is the profile's editorial reference, whereas the second is a published maximum under a specific measurement convention; differences among sources can reflect sex, population, life stage and measuring method.
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